--- title: As they watched him their own warlike spirit ebbed away and they wer… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: As they watched him their own warlike spirit ebbed away and they were filled with a great calm; without saying a word they waited until the Swami thought fit to lift his eyes towards them. Who acts: food, Swami. A sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. 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A. Kincaid, Swami Vankhandi of Sadh Belo.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (food, Swami), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg76982:15:13 # text = As they watched him their own warlike spirit ebbed away and they were filled with a great calm; without saying a word they waited until the Swami thought fit to lift his eyes towards them. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 warlike warlike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 9 ebbed ebb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 calm calm NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 20 without without SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 until until SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Swami Swami PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 30 fit fit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 towards towards ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past | food | army | | | | food's own warlike spirit *obj* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme spirit=Attribute | | 2 | **ebb away** | participle | | food's own warlike spirit *not said here* | | | | away *property* | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **fill** | past · passive | | food | | | | with a great calm | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with calm=Instrument | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | food *not said here* | a word | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 5 | **wait** | past | food | a word *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Swami | | | | | fit *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **lift** | to-infinitive | the Swami *not said here* | Swami's eyes | | | | towards food | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent eye=Theme towards they=Destination | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. 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